bolcar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *volvicāre, from Latin volvere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bulˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bolˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [bolˈkaɾ]

Verb

bolcar (first-person singular present bolco, first-person singular preterite bolquí, past participle bolcat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

1. to overturn
2. to put diapers on a baby
3. (reflexive) to gather for a cause

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bolcar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			bolcar
gerund			bolcant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bolcat		bolcada
		plural		bolcats		bolcades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	bolco	bolques	bolca	bolquem	bolqueu	bolquen
	imperfect	bolcava	bolcaves	bolcava	bolcàvem	bolcàveu	bolcaven
	future	bolcaré	bolcaràs	bolcarà	bolcarem	bolcareu	bolcaran
	preterite	bolquí	bolcares	bolcà	bolcàrem	bolcàreu	bolcaren
	conditional	bolcaria	bolcaries	bolcaria	bolcaríem	bolcaríeu	bolcarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	bolqui	bolquis	bolqui	bolquem	bolqueu	bolquin
	imperfect	bolqués	bolquessis	bolqués	bolquéssim	bolquéssiu	bolquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	bolca	bolqui	bolquem	bolqueu	bolquin
	negative (no)	—	no bolquis	no bolqui	no bolquem	no bolqueu	no bolquin

Derived terms

• bolcall
• bolquer
• bolquet
• embolcar

 

Further reading

• “bolcar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bolcar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “bolcar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bolcar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.